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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1900
Page
3
Tony Collingsworth uses a lariat to subdue a burglar in her uncle's study while safeguarding Aunt Henriette and earning family acceptance. Rattlesnake Bill, the family hound, and Tony's Wyoming bravado shape a dramatic Chicago revelation.
In Santa Ana River country cowboy George King drives a cattle herd with Indian Juan Machado nearly joining. A grizzly interrupts a meal, the horse leaps a 21 foot chasm to safety, while the Indian jokes that the bear heard the boast.
A Chicago drummer recalls a widow with two children who built a thriving clothing business from bargain skirt remnants in New York. She bought rumpled silk skirts cleaned and sold them in suburban towns, then expanded to shirt waists and shopsworn fabrics, hiring help to renovate while she bought and sold. In three to four years she earns 500 to 660 dollars monthly and provides for her family.
A nameless village of about 500 fishermen huts settles each winter on Lake Huron. The isolated encampment holds a transient community, relying on skiffs and nets as they endure the lake’s cold season.
A column notes that only one in a thousand people reaches age 100. It also cites a saying about an unhappy man moving away after his wife builds a milk trade among neighbors. The piece references wartime dispatches causing conflict between nations.
A sermon reflects on life as a short tale to be told and heard. It urges living with urgency, punctuality, and purpose, using biblical parables and historical anecdotes to illustrate how personal stories of transformation influence others and endure beyond a single century.
Three brief religious excerpts present views from Rev. Albert Hyde of Toledo on the living Christ in daily battle, Rev. C L Goodell of Brooklyn on pursuing higher objects than money, and Rev. S W Reigart of Salisbury on the Bible as the word of God and the basis of civil law and education.
A humorous exchange contrasts Jones’s supposed music ignorance with a quick confession of not knowing the difference between a sonata and a symphony. The speakers joke about late hours and rush, noting that even educated people may misjudge what distinguishes musical forms.
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